The cholera toxin causes intestinal cells to pump out their chloride ions. soon, there is almost no chloride in the cell, but still a lot of water. predict what happens next, describe how it happens, and explain the effect it has on the cells.

intestine draws up to 6 literes of water a day. causing diarreah.

Explanation:

vast amounts of water and salt are lost. but because of that more water is produced rapidly. i cant say for certain what it does to the cells but you should research a bit of that to understand it better yourself.

hope this helps

many other transport proteins, often called pumps, move materials against a concentration gradient. active transport drives molecules across a membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration. this process, shown in figure 5.1, uses transport proteins powered by chemi- cal energy.